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Changing DB Instance Specifications

Function

This API is used to change DB instance specifications. Before calling this API:

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/action

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value contains 32 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

instance_id

Yes

String

Definition

Instance ID, which uniquely identifies an instance.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value contains 36 characters with a suffix of in07. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. To obtain this value, call the IAM API for obtaining a user token.

The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the token value.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

X-Language

No

String

Definition

Request language type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • en-us

  • zh-cn

Default Value

en-us

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

resize_flavor

Yes

MysqlResizeFlavor object

Definition

Specification change information.

Constraints

N/A

is_auto_pay

No

String

Definition

Whether the order will be automatically paid when the specifications of yearly/monthly instances are changed.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • true (default value): The order will be automatically paid from your account.

  • false: The order will be manually paid.

Default Value

N/A

Table 4 MysqlResizeFlavor

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

spec_code

Yes

String

Definition

Specification code.

For details, see spec_code in Table 5 in Querying Database Specifications.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

Definition

ID of the task of changing instance specifications.This parameter is returned only for pay-per-use instances.

Range

N/A

order_id

String

Definition

Order ID. This parameter is returned only for yearly/monthly instances.

Range

N/A

Status code: 400

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 500

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Example Request

Changing the specifications of a DB instance to 4 vCPUs and 32 GB memory

{
  "resize_flavor" : {
    "spec_code" : "gaussdb.mysql.xlarge.arm.8"
  }
}

Example Response

Status code: 200

Success.

{
  "job_id" : "dff1d289-4d03-4942-8b9f-463ea07c000d"
}

Status Code

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.